Marilyn Tavenner

Next year, seniors with private Medicare Advantage insurance policies whose doctors leave their plan may be able to leave, too, under a new Medicare rule. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversee Medicare Advantage programs, will create a special three-month enrollment period in any state where insurers make network changes "considered significant based on the affect or potential to affect, current plan enrollees," according to an update to Medicare's Managed Care Manual. The special enrollment period – if granted by CMS - would allow Medicare Advantage members to switch out of their plans and join traditional Medicare or another Medicare...

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